Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza.

• Toei Company
• Ken Takakura
• Etsuko Nami
• Yoko Hayama
• Rinichi Yamamoto
• Tanie Kitabayashi
• Fumio Watanabe
• Tōru Yuri
• Haruo Tanaka